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Ag Grants – Small Farms

May 17, 2012 | Posted in Ag Funding, Working Farms

The Small Farms May Update has several upcoming grant opportunities.

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CSArt

May 17, 2012 | Posted in CLC
Hay Bale
Hay Bale by Angela Manno

Internationally exhibited artist Angela Manno will be painting the fertile farmlands, historic barns, grazing sheep, and bucolic pastures throughout Columbia County and the iconic Hudson Valley this summer. Art-lovers and supporters of the Columbia Land Conservancy can acquire Manno’s award-winning pastel landscapes at considerable savings, through participating in her innovative Community Supported Art (CSArt) program. Inspired by Community Supported Agriculture, instead of receiving a season’s worth of fresh healthy produce, CSArt participants get a beautiful original pastel of the local landscape – artwork that is food for the soul.

The artist will donate to the Columbia Land Conservancy 10% of the proceeds from each painting that is purchased through this program. Manno also donated to the Country Barbecue Auction.

Manno’s work has been exhibited at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C., is in the permanent fine art collection of the Smithsonian Institution, and is in private collections throughout the world. The opportunity to reserve a painting through this program ends June 15, 2012.

More info
Angela Manno
970-275-1525

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You and Your Forest #6

May 17, 2012 | Posted in Landowner Resource

The sixth installment of the “You and Your Forest Letter Series” from Cornell Cooperative Extension of Greene County is now available. The letters build on each other to create a greater understanding of silviculture and forest stewardship.

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Baby Birds

May 17, 2012 | Posted in CLC, Headline, Nature | Keywords: , ,

Young red-winged black birds at Ooms Conservation Area at Sutherland Pond. The video was taken a week after the photos and captures how quickly nestlings grow.

Baby Bird CONTINUE READING

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